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Autonomic Nervous System - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 15:59, 9 March 2011
, 15:59, 9 March 2011→GI Tract: Long Reflex Arcs
Therefore the ENS provides the GI tract with a certain degree of self-regulation, although most of these short reflex arcs provide a stimulatory influence, utilising acetylcholine. Some inhibitory reflexes do exist within the ENS including sphincter relaxation.
Therefore the ENS provides the GI tract with a certain degree of self-regulation, although most of these short reflex arcs provide a stimulatory influence, utilising acetylcholine. Some inhibitory reflexes do exist within the ENS including sphincter relaxation.
===GI Tract: Long Reflex Arcs===
===GI Tract: Long Reflex Arcs===
Within the PNS, activity in the GI tract is also regulated via longer reflex arcs that are made up of preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from the CNS.
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